This is a touching story focusing on the struggle of Albert (21), as he chooses to battle cancer on his own terms whilst trying to help others around the world undergoing the same traumatic experience through his own movement, “living against the tide”.

Girona (1992), Pep Santiago Amich began his cinematographic studies at ESCAC, from which he graduated in 2016 after getting his degree in documentary filmmaking. In 2014 he directed the short documentary “THE LION’S SHARE” about the evictions and the Spanish economic crisis. And a Year later, in 2015, he started the shooting process for “AGAINST THE TIDE”, which is now in post-production. Since his graduation, he’s been working for art galleries and institutions specialized on 20th-century avant-garde and has started working on a new documentary; “KITAJ A CATALUNYA”.